Follower of Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Oil on panel. There are two vertical panel cracks extending form the top edge to the bottom edge on either side of the central group and the work is convex from left to right. There is some thinness in the work, including some pentimenti coming through, noticeable in the lower right quadrant. Under UV light, there is retouching along the panel cracks as well as scattered throughout the work, notably in the Virgin & child and in the group of 4 putti along the top edge.
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The reverse of this work is monogrammed MV, the mark of Michiel Vrient (active 1615-37), an Antwerp panel maker who was active in that city from his acceptance into the Antwerp Joiners' Guild in 1615 until 1637. Vreint's monogram has been found on panels by Adriaen Brouwer (Interior of a Room with Figures, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, no. CAI. 80) as well as multiple works by Rubens, including the additions to Ruben's High Altar in Antwerp Cathedral.